Improvement in drag-saws



J. SHOWALTER. Drag-Saw.

No. 217,416. Patented July 8,1879.n

UNrTED STATES PATENT-OFFICE.

JACOB SHOWALTER, OF RUSHVILLE, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN DRAG-SAWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 2] 7,416, dated July 8, 1879; application filed May 24, 1879.

To all 'whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that 1JAooB SHOWALTER, of Rushville, in the county of Fairtield and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drag-Saws; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference bcinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a wood-sawing machine, as willA be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order toenable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my machine. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same.

Arepresents a bench of any suitable dimensions, supported at the rear end by a leg, B, and at the front end by two diverging legs, O C. At the front end of the bench A is a projecting tongue,`a, the end of which is slotted or forked, and in the same is pivoted a guidearm, D. The lower `end of this arm is slotted or forked, to t over the back edge of the saw I.

At a suitablel point on each side of the bench A is pivoteda lever, E, the upper'ends of which are connected by means of a handle, F. The lower ends of the levers E E are connectedby means of rounds b b, and these rounds pass through a center bar, G, which projects a suitable distance downward, as shown.

ln the lower end ofthe bar G is pivoted an arm', H, to the end of which the saw I is rigidly fastened.

The operator is to he seated on and straddling the bench A-the sides of the bench bein gcut out, as shown at d, for the legs of the operator-and then, taking hold of the handle F, work the levers E E backward and for- Ipivoted levers E E, with handle F and rounds b b, bar G, arm H, and saw I, all constructed substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

1n testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own l affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB SHOVVALTER.

Witnesses:

JAMES F.' MoRRoW, u .'l. B. SMITH. 

